Scars
Chapter 11
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Everyone were getting out of his way because it was the first time anyone has seen the famous copy ninja in such a bad mood. Bad mood is not enough to describe how outraged Kakashi was. He was making his way through the village to the memorial. To the one and only place he could find his calm at. He was too furious to notice his blond ex-student making his way from the Ichiraku's, but Naruto noticed his white haired senpai and new immediately what was the reason of his bad mood.
'Come back as soon as you can, Sakura' thought the blond and continued on his way to the Hyugga mansion 'because you are not the only one scarred, who needs support'.
Another break, another camp. They have been travelling for almost 30 hours now, with one break to get sleep last night. Now, it was time to settle for the night again. But, to Sakura, it was the worst time of the day because when she stopped travelling all the thoughts and feelings would catch her and torture all night long.
That was the reason she volunteered to take watch for the first part of the night. And, it was during that time that she started thinking about everything again. Her nightmares came back in another form, in the form of memories, which were not so easy to chase away as nightmares, you couldn't just wake up from your counsciousness.
The scream coming from her insides, the hands touching her, tearing her clothes from her already scarred body, the laughter of her torturers, the pain and the travel that took away all the strenght left to her. She couldn't run away from it all, she couldn't hide nor could she hide from her own memories. It was just another part of her miserable life.
'If only Kakashi was here' thought the kunoichi while trying to ignore her memories and look around for any enemies. 'But last night I was thinking about Sasuke and not Kakashi' Sakura reminded herself. 'But Kakashi has nothing to do with my feelings for Sasuke, right?'
'No, that's not right!' and that was the moment Sakura realized her true feelings for Kakashi, it was never just friendship nor was it feelings one would have to a brother. No, it was the feelings of a lover. And, only then did she realize that Kakashi knew his feelings very well and was just waiting for her to realize hers. The women finally understood what all those gentle touches and kisses meant.
'And I left him alone, without telling where I left, too. It was so selfish of me' thought Sakura.
But she had to keep her duties in mind, so she concentrated to see if she will feel anyone around. And, to her surprise she did feel a very powerful chakra a few miles away from their camp. That was the sign to get rid of all her stupid thoughts and concentrate on her mission.
She slowly crept up to one of her comrades and woke him up. She told him about the threat and asked to wake everyone else up. But then she felt the chakra source coming closer and before all her comrades were even able to realize what was happening, Uchiha Sasuke was in front of them with his so-called 'team'.
"Sakura, I didn't expect to see you here" said the Uchiha with a sly smile on his face.
Sakura was not going to fall for his psychological game, so she stayed focused on the fight that was due to break out any moment.
"She's mine, but you can do whatever you want with the others" said Sasuke to his accomplices.
All hell broke out after his words. Kunai were clashing, blood spreading all around, people running and falling. Sakura was trying to heal every member of her team that was injured, but when she was attending one of the anbu, Sasuke attacked her. She dodged his punches and kicks while still trying to reach her injured comrades. But Sasuke was no ordinary rogue and Sakura couldn't just keep on dodging. That's why she stood up and got ready to attack as well. But she made one mistake that changed everything, she looked into his eyes. And that was all that Sasuke needed to use a genjutsu on her.
It's just darkness... There's nothing... She couldn't feel anything... No sound, no image, no scent, nothing... She can't hear anything... It's like she is trapped inside vaccuum... Nothing...
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You're useless...
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...you're just an annoying little girl...
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...you can't even defend yourself...
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"Who is this?" Sakura tries talking, but no sound escapes her mouth. 'It's probably some kind of a genjutsu. Release!'
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...it won't work, you're not strong enough...
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...weakling...
...you couldn't even kill yourself...
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...you are not worthy to be called a ninja...
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...such beautiful body, only good to be used...
"STOP! I DON'T WANT TO HEAR THIS! STOP THIS!" shouted Sakura, but the only thing she could hear was the deafening silence.
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...you were such a nice girl, now you look terrible...
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...you left me for this criminal, Sakura...
"Kakashi?" asked the girl crying
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...you don't need me, so I'll find someone else...
"No, Kakashi, please..."
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...you're gross with those scars...
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...nobody will ever love you...
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...you're nothing but a useless brat...
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...how did you even pass the chunnin exams...
...you're nothing without your comrades...
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...you're a weakling...
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...a weakling...
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...weakling...
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...you will never get out of here...
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...you are doomed to die here...
"NO, I WON'T DIE HERE! I have so much to do. I can't die here. And I won't! I will defeat Sasuke and I will bring him back!"
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...weakling...
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...you will never succeed...
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...you're just a disgrace for everyone...
"No! I'm not! Release!"
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...you're not getting away from here...
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...you couldn't save yourself last time, you won't succeed now, either...
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...you were raped, you're just a helpless victim...
"I AM NOT! RELEASE!"
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...I told you it won't work...
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...you're too weak...
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...you're just a victim...
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...a poor girl that needs to be saved by a prince...
...but the prince is not coming...
"I will come back to my prince myself! I know I can do it! And I am not a victim! I will never be a victim again! I will live my life the way I want! And I will succeed! RELEASE!"
...you're not strong enough yet...
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...you're the same little girl left unconscious on a bench...
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...you're weak...
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...weak...
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"NO! NO NO NO! RELEASE!"
Such huge amount of light reached her eyes all at once and Sakura felt like she will go blind. But she was free, she managed to break free of his genjutsu. The women felt exhausted, but happy. Sakura now felt like she finally managed to defeat all her fears and even though she will always have both mental and physical scars, but now she felt like she could keep on living...
And in order to keep on living she had to keep on fighting. Sasuke was now fighting one of her comrades and Sakura jumped right into the fight with a load of new will power. Kunai kept on clashing, people kept on falling, but they were always back on their feet in a moment thanks to Sakura's medical skills. And, no matter how fast or powerful Sasuke was, he was merely a human, too. He used up his chakra resources and was defeated by anbu. When the Uchiha was tied with chakra resistant cuffs and his comrades either escaped or was tied up as well, it was time for the Konoha team to get back to the village.